Unit 10 Population Genetics

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Population Genetics

Chapter 15.2



Unit Must Knows
 Key Vocabulary
1. Students will be able to summarize the Hardy-Weinberg principal
2. Students will be able to describe the five forces that cause genetic change in a population
3. Students will be able to identify why selecton against unfavorable recessive alleles is slow
  • Populations
  • Allele Frequencies
  • Hardy-Weinberg Principle
  • Mutation
  • Gene Flow
  • Nonrandom Mating
  • Genetic Drift
  • Natural Selection
  • polygenic trait
  • Normal distribution
  • Directional Selection
  • Stabilizing selection